Thiriet Stands Down from G-Drive

G-Drive Racing is set for a further driver shakeup, with Pierre Thiriet to miss the final two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Endurance-Info has learned that the Frenchman will stand down from driving duties for the six-hour races in Shanghai and Bahrain, leaving the Russian-backed team without a confirmed Silver-rated driver.

The move follows Alex Lynn’s departure from the team last month, in order for the Englishman to focus on his new Formula E race duties with DS Virgin Racing, with James Rossiter having filled in for the Six Hours of Fuji alongside Thiriet and Roman Rusinov in the No. 26 Oreca 07 Gibson.

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4 Comments

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KW

October 24, 2017 at 2:05 pm

Roman Rusinov is changing teams and drivers very often. Seems to be a difficult character.

He never left TDS Racing. Remember G-Drive isn’t an actual team; it’s just a Russian petroleum firm which sponsors the entries of other teams. In this year’s case, G-Drive sponsored Thiriet’s TDS Team in 2017 in the WEC, and in ELMS they sponsored Elton Julian’s DragonSpeed.